People
Click on the sections below to read more about our Board, staff team and honorary officials who together make the Community Foundation tick. There are many more friends and supporters who give their time and expertise as members of grant panels and fund advisory groups.
Community Foundation Board - October 2011
President: His Grace the Duke of Northumberland
Patrons:
- Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL
- Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison KCVO TD
- Sir Tom Cowie OBE
- Joan Halbert
- Guy Readman OBE DL
- Lyn and Trevor Shears OBE
Vice-Presidents:
- Kate Adie OBE
- Lord Beecham
- Rt Hon Sir Alan Beith MP
- Nigel Sherlock OBE Hon DCL
- John Squires OBE DCL DL
- Hugh Welch
- Rt Rev Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle
- Mike Worthington OBE
Board of Trustees
- Ashley Winter OBE (Chair)
- Professor Chris Drinkwater CBE (Deputy Chair)
- Jamie Martin OBE (Deputy Chair)
- Colin Seccombe (Treasurer)
- John Clough MBE
- Alastair Conn
- Jo Curry
- Charles Harvey
- Dean T Huggins
- Roger Kelly
- Gev Pringle
- Fiona Cruickshank OBE
- Betty Weallans
- Sue Winfield OBE
- Kate Roe
The following are co-opted to sub-committees of the Board: Mark Hatton, Charlie Hoult and Guy Readman.
Staff team
Senior staff
- Rob Williamson – Chief Executive
- Sonia Waugh FCCA – Finance & Operations Director/Deputy Chief Executive
- Derry Nugent – Head of Philanthropy Services
- Lisa Cappleman – Head of Philanthropy Development
- Mark Pierce - Head of Policy, Projects & Programmes
- Adam Lopardo – Head of Culture Partnerships/Sponsors Club Director
Fund Development Managers:
Communications & Events Officer:
Projects & Programmes Officer:
- Jane Roberts-Morpeth – Projects & Programmes
- Sue Martin – Projects & Programmes
Project teams:
- Pauline Johnson – Senior Fund Development Manager (Environment) maternity cover
- Katie Wellstead – Senior Fund Development Manager (Environment)
- Ellie Turner – Culture Partnerships (Sponsors Club) Manager
- Kathryn Warwick – Culture Partnerships (Sponsors Club) Administrator
- Andrea Atkinson – Senior Fund Development Manager (Tiny Lives)
- Louise Carroll – Tiny Lives Administrator
Finance and administration:
- Dawn Porter – Officer Manager/PA
- Sarah Phillipson – Finance & Personnel Administrator
- Adam Smith – ICT Support Administrator
- Val Guest – Administrator
- Vivienne Rodgers – Administrator
